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In the tenth century, when Madrid and Paris where in there infancy, 300,000 people lived in the Moorish metropolis of Cordoba. Its magnificent Great Mosque was one of several hundred in the city. * Despite a summer thunderstorm, we managed to get a couple of quick pictures...During the rain the Mezquita looked like a fire boat on parade--torrents of water shot out from the gargoyles into the middle of the street.
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Map
of Cordoba showing the Mezquita, or Great Mosque. The Mezquita was originally
constructed between 785 and 787, but the building has evolved over the
centuries, including the addition of a cathedral in the middle of the
mosque during the 16th century.
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The Torre del Alminar is 305 ft. high.
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Wedding
near the Grand Mosque
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*National Geographic, December 1998 |
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